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UDOT Narrows Bridges Along Wasatch Front to Widen Road

By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

A burgeoning population along Utah’s Wasatch Front means traffic in the Salt Lake Valley on I-15 South can get pretty crowded, especially during rush hour.

Engineers at the Utah Department of Transportation have been studying the issue for several years, aware that expansion of the Interstate was crucial. The population of about 2 million in the 80mi. long area is expected to nearly double over the next three decades.

But it wasn’t going to be easy. In addition to widening the road and bridges, some bridges would need to be narrowed.

“We have a few complex bridges, some of which we are going to be narrowing which is fairly unusual for a highway project,” said Lisa Zundel, I-15S project director of UDOT. “Narrowing a structure is fairly difficult. A number of structural engineers have been working on it for some time. They have to remove some of the girders. But we’re confident that it can be done and everything will still be safe for the traveling public and we’ll be able to have a functioning system when we are completed.”

The overall scope of the $180 million project calls for adding one

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The population of about 2 million in the 80-mi. long area is expected to nearly double over the next three decades.

general purpose lane to I-15S, which also will call for widening bridges on the stretch and widening the arterial road, 7200 South, from two lanes in each direction, to three lanes, plus a center turning lane, for a total of seven lanes. It also will modify the I-15S interchange at I-215 to improve traffic flow.

Work began April 30, with Ralph Wadsworth Construction winning the design build contract bid.

The narrowing will take place on the bridges on the collector, which currently ties I-15S to I-215.

The new configuration will mean

less traffic on that road because traffic will tie in with I-15S earlier.

The work is made that much more difficult by the tight space in which it must be completed, and by the fact that the Interstate travels over railroad tracks that are in use.

They’ll use Gantry cranes, which allows work to proceed from the roadway, to pick up girders.

“It’s a challenging project that we’ve been working on for several years to make sure we could keep traffic moving while widening it so we can accommodate that growth,” Zundel said. see UDOT page 6

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A burgeoning population along Utah’s Wasatch Front means traffic in the Salt Lake Valley on I-15 South can get pretty crowded, especially during rush hour.

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SLC’s Capital Improvement Program Accepting Applications for Funding Salt Lake City is now accepting presubmittal applications for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The CIP provides funding to replace or expand public infrastructure. Residents, neighborhood group, community-based organization or neighborhood business district organizations of Salt Lake City can apply until Sept. 28.

The CIP is a multi-year planning program for capital improvements that involve the construction, purchase or rehabilitation of infrastructure including buildings, parks, streets, sidewalks, bridges, transportation features, traffic signals or other physical structures.

The new facility will replace the modular building that Here are some of the projects that was installed as an emergency replacement immediate- were funded through CIP after applicaly after an accidental electrical fire destroyed the park’s tions were made by constituents: visitor center and administrative offices in February 1991.

• The Rose Park pedestrian and bicycle byway will connect the Jordan River trail to Newman Elementary School, Salt Lake Center for Science Education and the Northwest Recreation Center in Fairpark.

• The Bridge to Backman project will establish a bridge and lighted trail for students attending Backman Elementary School. The project reduces the distance students travel on dangerous and busy roads by .6 mi.

Timpanogos Cave Closes to Construct New Visitor Center

The National Park Service announces that it has awarded a contract for construction of a new Timpanogos Cave visitor contact station to the Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company of Salt Lake City. Work is expected to begin immediately after Labor Day, with completion anticipated in early June of 2019.

The park will offer its final cave tours of the 2018 season and close its current visitor center for good on Sept. 3. The Cave Trail will be closed to hikers after Sept. 3 to ensure safety in and around the construction site.

Tickets for the rest of the season can be purchased up to 30 days in advance through www.recreation.gov.

The park’s Swinging Bridge Picnic Area and the Canyon Nature Trail will remain open as normal, but drivers on SR 92 through the park can expect periodic short term delays and traffic control around the construction site.

The new facility will replace the modular building that was installed as an emergency replacement immediately after an accidental electrical fire destroyed the park’s visitor center and administrative offices in February 1991.

In addition to the construction of the new visitor contact station, the project also will include realignment of a short section of State Route 92, new parking configuration and an improved rock fall barrier fence above the parking lot.

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• The Miller Park trail project modifies the walking path to the Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge. The modifications remove steep trail sections, protect a historic wall and make the path ADA accessible.

• The Artesian Well Park project will make improvements to the artesian well, retaining wall, watering system and landscaping to make it a more inviting community space.

Each year a portion of Salt Lake City’s general fund is transferred to the CIP. The city prioritizes its deferred maintenance, or asset renewal, first and then considers new capital projects. Funding for new projects this year is recommended at about $4 million.

The CIP Pre-Submittal Application is the basic source of information required for all proposed projects. One Pre-Submittal Application must be completed for each project that is requesting to be funded. Here are the requirements: • The minimum request amount is $50,000.

• The maximum request amount is $500,000.

• The capital project must have a useful life of five or more years.

• The capital project must be a Salt Lake City owned asset.

•Community Outreach or Alternative Public Engagement is required.

• Funds for CIP are allocated annually through a competitive process.

• Completing the Pre-Submittal Application is the first step of the process.

• Funding is decided upon in the fall of each year.

Applicants must complete the PreSubmittal Application and email it to Holly.Draney@slcgov.com by Sept.

28, 2018 by 3:00 p.m. Pre-Submittal Applications that are submitted after this date will roll into the next year’s CIP cycle. You can access the PreSubmittal Application form on Salt Lake City’s website: slc.gov/hand/capital-improvementprogram/.

For questions about Salt Lake City’s Capital Improvement Program, call Melissa Jensen 801/535-6035 or email Melissa.Jensen@slcgov.com.

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USU Veterinary School Plans $1.8M Barn at South Farm Education Center Veterinary students at Utah State University (USU) will soon have better insight into the care and handling of horses, due to a $1.8 million barn planned for the school’s 26-acre South Farm education center.

The Utah State Board of Regents authorized construction of the new facility, which will serve USU’s School of Veterinary Medicine. The 20,000-sq.-ft. metal barn also will cater to the university’s College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, which includes an animal, dairy and veterinary sciences program with an emphasis on equine science and management.

The new facility will help accommodate the growing number of students interested in that discipline. In 2014, 65 students were enrolled in equine science and management; that number grew to 103 in 2018. Additionally, students enrolled in classes to earn a minor in equine-assisted activities and therapy nearly doubled in 2018 compared to the previous year.

“Students in USU’s School of Veterinary Medicine work

with faculty who specialize in equine medicine, and they gain important experience with horses,” said Ken White, Ph.D., dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. “We simply need more space to accommodate all these growing programs and to continue to provide a healthy environment for our horses and those that come to participate in special events.”

Plans for the new barn include 51 stalls, three tack rooms and two wash bays. Additionally, the building will have open areas for saddling and unsaddling horses, lab activities and space for trimming/balancing hooves and shoeing horses.

The barn — which will be designed, built, operated and maintained using institutional funds from the veterinary school — also will enable USU to host horse shows and competitions.

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UDOT Expands Highway to Meet Demands of Growth

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Work began April 30, with Ralph Wadsworth Construction winning the design build contract bid.

UDOT from page 1

“It did take some doing. It is very precise and they are still working through the details. Part of the design build process is that we didn’t have to solve all of those problems. We were able to bring

the design builder on board and work through issues with them.”

Another element of the project that took up time during the planning stage was working with third parties, in this case, particularly the railroad, which runs above a por-

tion of 7200 South.

“We are replacing a structure for the railroad that goes over the top of the roadway,” Zundel said. “In order to widen 7200 South, we have to replace that structure.

There are currently three rail tracks

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The project will modify the I-15S interchange at I-215 to improve traffic flow.

UDOT photo

The overall scope of the $180 million project calls for adding one general purpose lane to I-15S, which will also call for widening bridges on the stretch and widening the arterial road.

on it. We will be adding fourth.

That’s taken a lot of coordination as to how we are going to do that and keep their operation running so we don’t impact them. We can use traditional cranes on that. We will have to build it in phases. We’ll have to build one, demolish one, build the next, and so on. There’s three or four phases.”

The highways will not be closed to traffic for any lengthy periods of time, though there will be some night time and weekend closures, with detours in place, Zundel said.

“We are encouraging drivers to rethink their trips and to look at different ways to get to work,” she added. The biggest concern is moving traffic safely for both the traffic and keeping the workers safe. We have put a lot of thought into how to keep everyone safe.

There’s a constant conversation going on about what workers need to be doing at various points of the project — how to keep them and

the public safe while using the roadways.”

Widening the bridges may also pose some challenges, Zundel said.

“It can be more difficult to widen a bridge depending on how they were built,” she said. “We do have some difficult bridges on this stretch. It’s just due to the way they were built.”

Other equipment on the job includes: numerous track hoes and graders; concrete and asphalt pavers; and a large number of traditional cranes, which will be used for work on some of the less complex structures.

Work is expected to continue year-round, with some portions shut down during the winter season. The completion date is scheduled for November 2019.

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Utah Energy Co-op Explores Nuclear Power Project in Idaho LOGAN, Utah (AP) A small commercial nuclear reactor that a Utah energy cooperative wants to build in Idaho would be gamechanging for energy customers if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves the project, a high-ranking federal official said this week at a conference.

Members of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems are pursuing the project as a way to shore up energy stability in a market shaken by the threat of shuttered coal-fired power plants and fluctuating natural gas prices, the Deseret News reported.

The energy cooperative is a communityowned, nonprofit political subdivision of Utah that provides energy services to community-owned power systems throughout the intermountain West. Its member cities include Bountiful, Logan, Murray and Blanding.

It would own the NuScale Technology project once the small nuclear power plant is completed in 2026 at a site at the Idaho National Laboratory.

NuScale Technology recently submitted a design application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It already passed its first phase

of review and has advanced to the second stage.

The energy department is eager to see the project through a successful fruition, said Edward McGinnis, principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy.

“We don’t do this lightly,” he told a crowd at the conference in Logan for the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems. “If we are going to put this much money into something this important, we are going to do everything we can to support this technology.”

The small nuclear plant would have cylindrical modular reactors that are 76 by 15 ft. installed underground, according to current plans.

Depending on energy needs, there would be anywhere from six to 12 reactors at the Idaho site.

NuScale’s project requires less water than a traditional nuclear power plant, McGinnis said.

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Utah Officials Scrap Plans for Gravel Pit at Reef Nat’l. Park FULL PAGE SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah officials have reached a deal to sell a land parcel to a group of residents instead of a construction company, effectively scrapping plans for a gravel pit near Capitol Reef National Park.

The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration approved a $525,000 bid on July 26 from a coalition of Teasdale residents for the 125-acre (60-hectare) piece of land, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

The coalition, which includes the owners of Red River Lodge, had created a limited liability company. Group leader Dave Van Dyke said the parcel, which overlooks Fremont River, should follow county zoning which allows for agricultural and residential uses.

The agreement effectively ends plans for a mineral lease proposed by a Loa construction firm that wanted to mine for gravel.

“I feel we still overpaid, but if you add in what we would have spent in litigation, it is better to just put it in,” Van Dyke said. “We made the decision from a business rather than an emotional standpoint.”

The board had previously affirmed the lease but residents in Torrey filed a lawsuit in response. The suit argued mining operations didn't mix with surrounding land use. A judge later ruled state trust parcels do not have to follow local zoning and county oversight.

Board officials tried putting the land on the auction block last October. But no parties were willing to offer the minimum bid of $790,000.

Brown Brothers, the construction company pursuing the gravel pit, offered roughly $381,000 including a $50,000 bonus for mining rights. But Van Dyke's group was able to outbid with $525,000.

The money will go toward a trust fund for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind.

State trust land officials oversee 3 million acres for public education and other institutions.

For more information, visit sltrib.com.

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